Washing-machine.



O, W. NEY, DECD.

B, N'E-Y, ADMINISTRATOR.

WASIllNG MACHINE.

APPLLGATION FILED NOV. 2, m1.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

mme $01 UNITED STATES r grnur orrros.

CHARLES W. NEY, OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA; SAMUEL B. NEY ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID CHARLES- W. NEY, DECEASED.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filed November 2, 1911. Serial No. 658,129.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. NEY, a

ed new and useful Improvements in Wash ing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

An-object of the invention is to provide a machine for washing clothes and the like.

The invention embodies more particularly a casing adaptedto receive the clothes, to gether with water'and a suitable cleansing substance, such as soap, the said casing being mounted to oscillate or rock and formed with bulging ends,""constituting compartments adapted tov receive water as the casing is rocked so that an air cushion will be formed in thebulging end of the casing toward Which-the same is rocked, the mentioned air in the bulging end of the casing being then forced downwardly through the clothes containe'd' in the casing, apertured baflle plates and flanges being provided to limit the swishing movement of the clothes in the casing so that the clothes Will be pre vented from passing into the bulging ends or compartments of the casings, thus enabling the airnwh-ich congregates in one of the bulging, ends of the casing to be forced through the clothes by the force of the water,

at the moment that the casing, having been rocked in one direction, is moved to rock in the other direction.

Although I am aware that various devices have been used heretofore, for the purp'tse of Washing clothes, the said devices being movable to rock so that the swishing action of the water in thecasingcleanses the clothes,

in the use of my device I aim toxp-rovide a structure, which in its rocking motion will produce cushions of air, first the leasing and then at the' other end of the 1 casing, the said cushions 01 air being so com pressed by the water in the-casing that they will be forced through the fabric jjf the clothes, thus thoroughly and efli'cieintly cleansing the same.

, reference denote Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings 'constituting'" a part of this specification, in which similar charactersof l. o p ding Pa s i l the views, and inwhi'ch- Figure l is *avertical longitudinal sec,

at one end of cured to the rocking frame 11 are bearings 16 having the upper ends of the springs 15 mounted to repose therein, the said springs being mounted centrally relatively to the base'lO and the, rocking frame 11 so that when the rocking frame is rocked in one direction by exerting a pressure oneither of the handles 12 or 13, the action of the springs 15 will move the rocking frame in the opposite direction when the pressure is released from the handle.

Rigidly mounted on the rocking frame 11 is a casing 17, the said casing being formed with upwardly extending bulging ends 18, and terminating in depending flange 'mem;

hers 19,-having secured thereto a horizontal closure casing 20 on which is hingedly 3 mounted. a closure 21, provided with a hair dle 22, the said closure 21being movable to in the casing 17, together with Water and a suitable cleansing material, such as soap or the like. 'A splash board 23 is secured to the closure casing 20' and extends upwardly therefrom, adjacent the free end of the closure '20, to prevent any undue splashing-of water from marring the floor and to permit of more readily pressing a large quantity of clothes into the casing 17.-

The flange members 19 depend a distance within the casing 17 and secured to the in 1 ner sides of the casing and extending hori- -zontally, in horizontal alinement with the lower ends of the flange members 19, are

baflle plates 24 having vertically extending apertures 25 therein, the saidbaflie plates being mounted to extend toward the flange -members 19 sons to provide compartments '26 inthe bulging ends of .thecasing 17, the

,mentionedbu ging ends of the casing 17 be ing adapted to extend upwardly beyond'the 'npper ends ofthe rocking frames-11. An

pening 27' is provided in the lower end of the ca'singl'l' 011 the purpose of-permitting thewatern'n the casing to be drawn there from when the clothes have been, cleansed end the said opening isnormally closed by 5 e plugQS, a suitable spout 29 being secured to the casing 17Timmediately below the outlet opening 27 for facilitating the exit of the Water from the casing, through the opening 27.

10 In the use of my device, the closure 21 is opened and the clothes to he cleansed, to-

gethenwith a sufiicient amountofwater and a cleansing material such as son-p, are placed within the casing 17, it being understood that the clothes will be prevented hem entering the compartments -26 bv the ont ally extending bailie plates 24; which provide. restricted openings for the com- 'zfiqm'rtments, as will be readily seen by re A ring to Fig. 1. Now by exerting a pres-- exerting a dew ward pressure on one of the oward the right and the clothes, moving 'ithin the casing, will he forced toward the ight end of the casing by the rocking motion 01" the casing, which forces the water: mind the mentioned'end of the'cesing. ,he clothes are moved toward the right poi the casing the; will be prevented entering the right hand compartment fiil by the depending flange member 19 and epending flange members 19 and the horh.

suretovqard the right on the handle 12 or henclles 13 the casing 17 will be rocked rations into the right hand COIl1})2LIil-.

. gether with the Water which is forced through the clothes, being adapted to cleanse the clothes. As the casing 17 is rocked toward the left, the same operation occurs, the clothes being prevented. from entering the left hand compartment 26 by the depending flange member '19 and the baffle plate 2%, at that end of the compertment While the Water passing through the apertures 25, will lcrce'the air in the let hand compartment 26, downwardly and through the'clothes at that end of thecompertinent. Thus it will be seen that with each rocking action of the casing 17, the clothes contained therein will be cleansed by the action of the air and Water in the casing. When the clothes have been sufficiently cleansed they can heveasily removed from the casing l? by moving the closure 21 to open position and removing the clothes from the casing, the water in the casing being permitted to flow outwardly therefrom through the opening 27; the plug having been previously removed from the snioi openin I claim;-- In a Washing machine, in combination skeleton base provided with hollow hearings at the center of the inner side of said base, a rocking frame having its upper ends inwardly curved mounted upon the hose and provided with hollow hearings in elinen'ient with the first mentioned hearings, springs mounted. in said hearings connecting the rocking frame to the hose portion, av closure oncasing mounted-in the upper inwardly curve-d ends of timer-coking frame and him.-

dles at each end of the frame. I

In testimony whereof I- afllx my signature in presence of two witnesses. CHARLESW. iEY Witnesses F. A Nom'nN, BENNETT S. m? 5. 

